Eugène Smets

Born in Brussels in 1991, he published his first collection of short stories at the age of 23 (under his name, Célestin de Meeûs), followed by poems and short prose pieces. In 2018, he received the Poetry Vocation Prize from the Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet Foundation with the publication of Cadastres by Cheyne éditeur. Since then, he has co-founded and run the publishing house L’Angle Mort. In September 2024, his debut novel Mythologie du .12 was released by Éditions du Sous-sol, earning a special mention from the Prix Wepler and winning the Prix Stanislas. For Memo Paris, he embarks on an imaginary journey to Madurai and its temples.